Notable Quote: Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey, blogger extraordinaire over at Hot Air (and formerly of Captain's Quarters) has this to say about the extraordinary efforts by Nancy Pelosi to get the US House Democrats to support her PelosiCare:
So either they have to face down their constituents or their Speaker. It says something about the power of Congress that a lawmaker fears a party boss more than the people who elected him or her. Somehow, I’m sure that’s not what the founders had in mind for a citizen legislature and the people’s branch of government.
Yes, democracy in action is often akin to making sausages (or me doing a woodworking project - not a pretty sight). This, however, is sad.
This is a perfect reason for term limits - I have waffled about this for a number of years, and I often fall into the category of "mine's OK; your's is the worst". Yet, I am swinging back to supporting them for what is almost now an overriding reason:
professional politicians
Of any stripe. And add their handlers as well. I am more and more convinced that while a Socialist leaning politician has to get the boot ASAP, it is the often the hanger-on'ers that have grown accustomed to the trappings of such associated power are almost a larger part of the problem.
